For the past two years, I’ve rounded up my favorite moments that I shared on Instagram from the year (2016 & 2015). This year, things feel quite different as adventure has been, well, lacking. But alas, it’s not that this wasn’t a good year. I still traveled a ton (Portland, LA, Dallas, NYC, Boston, San Francisco), but it’s been more familiar. That’s why I love doing these roundups. You can really see how life changes before your very eyes. But it also gives you the gift of realizing how many amazing memories are made in a year.

Two years ago, I wrote my first “musings” post and it was all about change. And somehow, I named it volume one knowing that that wouldn’t be the last time I would want to talk about change. I probably should have written one last year too but I guess life caught up with me.

In my last post on change, I talked about the fear of leaving something you love in hopes of going towards something better (in this case Europe…). But you see, that’s not the case these days. I’m staying in D.C. I’m not leaving anything. Maybe I am looking for something better though. I mean, aren’t we all? It’s human nature.